Role of angiotensin II receptor subtypes in mediating the sympathoexcitatory effects of exogenous and endogenous angiotensin peptides in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rabbit

Brain Research

Volumn 772, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Hirooka, Yoshitaka ^a   Potts, Patrick D ^a   Dampney, Roger A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Arterial pressure; Losartan; Rabbit; Sympathetic nervous system; Ventrolateral medullum

Indexed keywords

1 (4 DIMETHYLAMINO 3 METHYLBENZYL) 5 DIPHENYLACETYL 4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDRO 1H IMIDAZO[4,5 C]PYRIDINE 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN DERIVATIVE; ANGIOTENSIN II [1 SARCOSINE 8 THREONINE]; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; LOSARTAN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY NERVE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN III; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DENERVATION; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; LOSARTAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; PRESSORECEPTORS; PYRIDINES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0030779799     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00861-5     Document Type: Article

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